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Sidewall

345/45R18

345 mm across the tread, a sidewall 45% of that — 155 mm — on a 18-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 30.2 inches tall.

155 mm sidewall768 mm · 30.2"
Sidewall
6.11"
155 mm
Overall
30.2"
767.7 mm
Circumference
95.0"
2.412 m
Revs per mile
667
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 9.5" and 12.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 330 mm across at the narrow end and 360 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 30.2×13.6R18 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 18-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
335/45R1829.9" -1.2 %-4.5 mm59.3 mphside by side
355/45R1830.6" +1.2 %+4.5 mm60.7 mphside by side
325/50R1830.8" +1.9 %+7.3 mm61.1 mphside by side
325/45R1829.5" -2.3 %-9.0 mm58.6 mphside by side

Same height, different rim

Bigger rim, same overall height. Sharper steering, harsher ride, and far less rubber between your wheel and the next pothole.


335/50R17168 mm sidewall — 8% more
355/40R19142 mm sidewall — 9% less
315/45R19142 mm sidewall — 9% less
325/45R19146 mm sidewall — 6% less
345/40R19138 mm sidewall — 11% less
315/55R17173 mm sidewall — 12% more

If you fit something taller

A taller tire covers more ground per turn, so the needle reads low and the odometer counts short. Over ten thousand miles on the dial, the last column is what you really drove.


Fitted insteadReads 30Reads 50Reads 70Real miles per 10,000 shown
335/45R1829.6 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,883
355/45R1830.4 mph50.6 mph70.8 mph10,117
325/50R1830.6 mph50.9 mph71.3 mph10,189
325/45R1829.3 mph48.8 mph68.4 mph9,766